Tsering Shola, a sophomore at Camas High School in Washington state won the Washington Regional Science Fair in early March, and then took first place in biomedical and health sciences at the state fair on April 1.
The prize included an $80,000 scholarship and a spot at the prestigious Intel Science and Engineering Fair, known as ISEF, which will be held in Los Angeles from Sunday, May 14 to Friday, May 19, 2017.
Listen to reporter Kunsang Rinzin's piece on Tsering Shola and her participation in the world's largest international pre-college science competition below:
